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title: גִּיל — rejoice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גִּיל (1523), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 45 times: rejoice. BDB 1906: vb. rejoice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גִּיל

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«גִּיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoice** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 45 times · **Key:** 1523 · **BDB:** גִּיל

### Glosses

let.it.be.glad (7); be.glad (6); let.us.be.glad (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1523/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1523/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rejoice (NöZMG 1883, 537; cf. Arabic جَالَ go round or about, be excited to levity, etc.)— Pf. גַּלְתִּי Is 65:19; Impf. יָגִיל, תָּגִיל ψ 21:2 + 4 times (ψ 21:2 Kt יגיל, Qr יָ֫גֶל with retracted tone); יָגֵל, תָּגֵל ψ 13:6 + 11 times, וַיָּגֶל ψ 16:9, אָגִילָה, נָגִילָה ψ 9:15 + 5 times, יָגִילוּ ψ 13:5 + 5 times, יְגִילוּן ψ 89:17, תָּגֵלְנָה ψ 48:12 + 2 times; יָגִו֯ל Pr 23:24; Imv. גִּילוּ ψ 2:11 + 4 times, גִּילִי Is 49:13 + 2 times; rejoice, abs. ψ 13:5; 51:10 Is 49:13 Zc 9:9; ‖ שׂמח ψ 14:7; 16:9; 32:11; 48:12; 53:7; 96:11; 97:1, 8 Pr 23:24, 25 1 Ch 16:31 Hb 1:15; ‖ שׂושׂ, שׂישׂ Is 35:1; 65:18. c. בְּ ψ 149:2 Pr 2:14; 24:17 Is 9:2; בירושׁלם Is 65:19; 66:10; בישׁועתך ψ 9:15; 13:6; 21:2; ביהוה ψ 35:9 Is 41:16 Zc 10:7; באלהים Is 61:10 Hb 3:18; בשׁם י׳ ψ 89:17; בקדושׁ ישׂראל Is 29:19; גיל ושׂמח ב׳ ψ 31:8; 118:24 Ct 1:4 Is 25:9 Jo 2:23; גילי ושׂמחי כי Jo 2:21. with עַל Zp 3:17. Besides persons the subj. is לֵב ψ 13:6 Pr 24:17 Zc 10:7; נפשׁ ψ 35:9 Is 61:10, כבוד (= נפשׁ) ψ 16:9, ארץ 1 Ch 16:31 ψ 96:11; 97:1 Is 49:13, ערבה Is 35:1, 2. tremble (cf. Arabic وَجِلَ) ψ 2:11 ‖ עבד (Thes Ew Hi Che, but 𝔊 Hu De Pe AV RV rejoice), Ho 10:5 ‖ אבל (Thes and most mod., but AV RV that rejoiced over it), possibly error for חיל Ew Gr Che.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 44 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גִּיל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1523/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 51:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.10/)

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תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃

*Word for word:* you will.make.me.hear joy and gladness let.them.rejoice \[the\].bones \[which\].you.have.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

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[Psalms 97:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.97.1/)

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יְהוָ֣ה מָ֭לָךְ תָּגֵ֣ל הָאָ֑רֶץ יִ֝שְׂמְח֗וּ אִיִּ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he.reigns let.it.be.glad the earth let.them.rejoice islands many

*JPS 1917:* The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.

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